Wine & Dine at Finolhu, a Seaside Collection Resort
Beach Kitchen
- Cuisine
- International & local buffet
- Setting
- Beach and pool view, open-air pavilion
- Hours
- Breakfast 07:30-10:30 · Lunch 13:00-15:00 · Dinner 19:00-22:00
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
The all-day buffet anchor, with a different regional speciality — Asian, Maldivian, Italian, seafood — rotating through most nights.
Kanusan
- Cuisine
- Classical & modern Japanese
- Setting
- Overwater on stilts, with its own sushi counter and aperitif bar
- Hours
- Dinner 19:00-22:30
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Finolhu's fine-dining room, built around a sushi counter and an aperitif bar, overwater at the edge of the island.
Arabian Grill
- Cuisine
- North African & Middle Eastern
- Setting
- Open kitchen, dark honeycomb-tiled dining room
- Hours
- Dinner 19:00-22:30
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Mezze, tajine and charcoal-grilled fish, cooked in view of the room in a striking honeycomb-tiled open kitchen.
Crab Shack
- Cuisine
- Rustic sandbank seafood
- Setting
- Sandbank, toes-in-the-sand, reached by a 7-minute dhoni ride or 20-minute beach walk
- Hours
- Lunch 13:00-16:00 · Dinner 18:30-21:30 · Bar 12:30-17:00
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
The resort's signature venue and 2020 World Luxury Restaurant Award winner for Best Luxury Beachside Restaurant — Cara Delevingne has named it her favourite place to eat.
Beach Club
- Cuisine
- Beach Bar + library, drinks and light bites
- Setting
- Beachfront, air-conditioned library upstairs, shisha on the deck
- Hours
- Beach Bar 10:00-01:00 · Beach Club (library/day use) 10:00-18:00
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Finolhu's nightlife hub — resident DJs, shisha on the upper deck, and Finolhu FM streaming live from the bar.
Milk LAB
- Cuisine
- Milkshakes, juices, espresso and light bites
- Setting
- Boutique counter
- Hours
- 11:00-18:00
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A milkshake-and-espresso counter that doubles as the island's sundries shop, for sunscreen and souvenirs alongside a quick bite.
Before you book
Are meal plans available at Finolhu?
The resort's own materials describe a structured dine-around plan — breakfast at Beach Kitchen, dinner rotating through Beach Kitchen, Arabian Grill, Crab Shack or Kanusan with an à la carte allowance, plus a separate food credit for Kanusan's teppanyaki counter and for Crab Shack. The exact plan name isn't stated on the pages we reviewed, so confirm current inclusions with your consultant.
Talk to a specialist about dining here.
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